SYRIZA Set To Abolish Mass Layoff Laws When It Comes to Power

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(ANA-MPA) Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) is apparently going to abolish any law allowing mass layoffs when it comes to power, party spokesman Panos Skourletis told ANA-MPA in an interview this week.

     "Every law can be abolished in the same manner it was voted in," he said, adding: "It would be unthinkable if SYRIZA did not prioritize the right to work, therefore I would say it's self-evident that if a law allowing mass layoffs is passed, we will abolish that option with (another) law. This is one of our priorities."

Referring to party leader Alexis Tsipras' meeting with President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias, Skourletis said that Tsipras had noted that anything related to mass layoffs and the issue of forfeiture of first homes "cannot pass with legislative acts. Tsipras told the president directly that there should be an end to the undermining of the state's functions and that the president himself must, within his given powers, express his opinion."

The opposition's tabling in Parliament of an amendment on home forfeitures he said was "the minimum that had to be done to create a protective shield for those who took out loans and the least that could be done as a proposal inviting agreement by other political powers."